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914 Diesel build.... |
PatrickB |
Jul 4 2018, 04:30 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 249 Joined: 26-March 17 From: sw ontario Member No.: 20,960 Region Association: Canada |
Here goes nothin....
Been planning this for a while, but it was supposed to be a winter project. Wasn't quite ready yet. KEP adaptor parts have been sitting here. Timeline moved up because of a failure. Had a chirp that turned into a BAD miss, valve seat issue on one cylinder. Had a fresh 1.9 AAZ diesel sitting in my storage trailer that had never been fired. (honed, rings, bearings, injection pump reseal). "new" engine was destined for my daily beater . Same engine in the beater is getting a little tired, I've put at least 350,000 km on it and the compression is getting down. Still runs okay though. Swapped the "new" engine into the beater. 16 year old son is learning... |
914forme |
Sep 9 2018, 07:16 PM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None |
I say rock the stack, just except it, and move on. Or have the exhaust shop plumb it as a cut out, and flip a switch and go out the stack.
I used to auto-x a MK3 TDI, and would have to tell the flag man to step back, because my launches where defiantly rolling coal. Even heard the announcer the the onlookers, yes that car is a diesel, and yes that cloud is normal. |
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